One of the more sickeningly sweet aspects of Christmas around Food Critic Headquarters is the tradition of the “Christmas Cake.” It’s something I started with my family about 6 years ago and we’ve done it every Christmas ever since.  Here’s the basic poop: • I bake a cake. • I hide eight “trinkets” inside the…

Dawn and I are quite the high-class people these days…  or, more like, Dawn is… and I’m just that guy who is often seen with Dawn.  If not for her, I wouldn’t go anywhere fancy or eat anything nice.  I’d be stuck in a rut of hamburgers and hot dogs and mac ‘n’ cheese and …

So… This has never happened to me before…  But I like the direction things are going… You guys may or may not know that I don’t get paid to write about food, but that I would very much like to!  I spend a lot of my time eating, and I love to write, so it’s…

My latest Asheville Grit interview is up! I caught up with Dano Holcomb of Root Down Food Cart, and asked him the standard 5 Q’s… although I couldn’t resist throwing in a 6th question about his name…  and Hawaii 5-0… You can read the interview, see some pictures, and even watch a little video that…